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Kalaiyarasi
கலையரசிSay it kuh-lai-YUH-ruh-si
- Meaning today
- Queen of arts
- Original meaning
- "kalai (arts, learning) joined with araci (queen): queen of the arts" Tamil Lexicon, p. 118
- Say it
- kuh-lai-YUH-ruh-si
- Written
- கலையரசி
- Other spellings
- Kalaiarasi
Kalaiyarasi
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Kalaiyarasi meaning
Kalaiyarasi (கலையரசி) is a Tamil girl's name.
Kalai (arts, learning) joined with araci (queen): queen of the arts
Also used to mean: queen of arts
Kalaiyarasi (கலையரசி) joins kalai with araci, linked by a y sound. The Tamil Lexicon gives kalai, from Sanskrit kalā, as the arts and sciences, learning and erudition, and araci as a queen, the feminine of aracaṉ, "king". The name therefore means "queen of the arts", and name lists agree. It belongs with other Tamil girls' names ending in -arasi, such as Ilavarasi, Anbarasi and Mangayarkarasi, and its masculine partner is Kalaiyarasan.
Source: Tamil Lexicon, University of Madras (1924–36), p. 118 · entry araci (அரசி) · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Tamil Lexicon, kalai (கலை), p. 786 · Tamil Lexicon, araci (அரசி), p. 118 · Monier-Williams, kalā, p. 261
How the name is built
- Kalai கலை: the arts and sciences; learning
Tamil Lexicon 786 · Monier-Williams 261 - Arasi அரசி: queen
Tamil Lexicon 118
Spellings
Kalaiyarasi · Kalaiarasi